[COC-discuss] Classification framework

[Camille Acey]

Thanks, Rob!

If you know of any other resources or have any recent/relevant forum or
OSGeo experience that would inform these two tasks that'd be great!

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 7:39 PM, Rob Emanuele <rdemanuele at gmail.com> wrote:

> Chiming in just to say, +1 on those two suggested next steps.
>
> I'm not sure if anyone would take issue with using Google forms as opposed
> to an open source reporting system run on OSGeo infrastructure (given the
> recent discussions on OSGeo-Discuss about code hosting), but I think that
> the ease of use for Google forms would make it a great choice.
>
> The article on enforcement is very thorough, and I think it provides a
> good method to approach enforcement in a reasoned and de-escalating way.
> The line "Generally conference staff are not equipped for evidence
> gathering: we suggest not going around and "interviewing" others involved."
> The enforcers are not detectives or the police, and it makes sense that the
> sole focus of any actions would be "*the safety of your community members
> from harassment*".
>
> -Rob
>
> Thanks, Cameron.
>
> We are not looking to make any changes to the CoC at this point. Our job
> is to:
>
>
>    1. put together process around how members can submit reports of CoC
>    violations
>    2. create specific guidance for LOCs, moderators and the board about
>    how to deal with those reports and reporters.
>
> We put together a list of places to start here -
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/CodeofConduct_Documents#Resources
>
> I suggest we:
>
>    1. use this form as a starting point for Task #1 -
>    https://www.drupal.org/governance/community-working-group/incident-report
>    (not sure if its ok to use Google Forms, that's what drupal.org uses)
>    2. start an Enforcement page (useful info here
>    http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassment/Responding_to_reports
>    )
>
> What do you think? Is anyone else out there? if so, please chime in!
>
> Camille
> On Oct 16, 2015 6:57 PM, "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I've drafted a suggested amendment to our CoC to help us answer the
>> question of what is/is not in scope of a CoC breach.
>>
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Code_Of_Conduct#Classification_Context
>>
>> Classification Context
>>
>> This additional section proposed for version 2.0:
>>
>> As guidance, content should align with a film classification of: 12+ or
>> PG or similar. There are many country classifications
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_content_rating_systems>. To
>> remove ambiguity, we refer to the Australian PG Classification
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Classification_Board#Film_and_video_game_classifications>
>> :
>>
>>    - *Parental Guidance (PG)* – Not recommended for viewing or playing
>>    by people under 15 without guidance from parents or guardians. Contains
>>    material that young viewers may find confusing or upsetting. The content is
>>    mild in impact.
>>       - *Violence* should be mild and infrequent, and should be
>>       presented in "a stylised or theatrical fashion, or in an historical
>>       context".
>>       - *Themes* should have a "mild sense of menace or threat" and be
>>       "discreet"
>>       - *Frightening or Intense Scenes* should be "mildly frightening"
>>       and have "low intensity"
>>       - *Crude Humor* should be "mild" or "low level"
>>       - *Sex, nudity and drug use* should be mild, infrequent,
>>       "discreetly implied" and "justified by context".
>>       - *Coarse language* should be mild and infrequent, and be
>>       justified by context.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 16/10/2015 6:38 am, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>
>>
>>> One thing I've been pondering since seeing the first few questions about
>>> CoC being discussed is how to "classify" what is considered a CoC
>>> breach. I'm yet to see any hard guidelines as to what is/is not
>>> acceptable. (And this sucks up large amounts of bandwidth on email
>>> lists).
>>>
>>
>> You did good research on this for FOSS4G CoC so it'd be great if you
>> could get the ball rolling here!
>>
>> Ok, I'll start looking into it.
>>
>>
>>> Looking around for what we can borrow as a standard reference, I wonder
>>> whether we can borrow from film classifications:
>>>
>>> I'm familiar with the Australian classifications (being an Australian
>>> myself), which are well defined:
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Classification_Board#Film_and_video_game_classifications
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Cameron Shorter,
>> Software and Data Solutions Manager
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>>
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>>
>>
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